The Most Expensive Price Of The Indonesian Internet In ASEAN, The People's Internet Rp100 Thousand 100 Mbps Is A Solution?

9tengah) LPEM UI Economic Observer and Researcher Teuku Rifki (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - Like the data that has been widely released, LPEM UI Economic Observer and Researcher Teuku Rifki said that the price of internet services in Indonesia is the most expensive in the ASEAN region.

"I don't know what the ideal price is, but is it ideal now? I don't really like it, because the price of the internet in Indonesia is the most expensive in ASEAN with the slowest speed in ASEAN, so it's certainly not ideal," said Teuku at the 2026 Digital Economy & Telco Outlook event, Wednesday, November 26.

Because, when compared to other Southeast Asian countries, one of which is Malaysia, Indonesia is still far behind regarding internet prices. Malaysia's Minister of Communications, Fahmi Fadzil said that currently Malaysia is in the top 10 countries with the cheapest internet prices in the world per gigabyte.

It is known, the price per Malaysian internet gigabyte is priced at 0.02 Ringgit Malaysia or around Rp. 80 per Mbps, the price of the Malaysian internet is priced at around US$0.09 or around Rp. 1,494 per Mbps.

Meanwhile, Indonesia ranks 12th in the ASEAN state list with the most expensive internet costs, which is US$0.41 per Mbps or equivalent to Rp6,806.

"In the near future, Indonesia will not be able to have the same level of infrastructure as Singapore, but yes, it shouldn't be far from Vietnam and Thailand either," he added.

In fact, data from Speedtest Global shows that the median of Indonesia's new internet download speed of 39.88 Mbps for fixed broadband services as of August 2025, is in last position in ASEAN as well as 116th out of 154 countries on the list.

Singapore topped the list with median download speeds reaching 394.3 Mbps, followed by Thailand (262.42 Mbps), Vietnam (261.8 Mbps), Malaysia (154.03 Mbps), Philippines (105.17 Mbps), Brunei Darussalam (83.14 Mbps), and Laos (47.46 Mbps).

To answer the delay, the government through the Ministry of Communication and Digital is committed to presenting high-speed internet at affordable prices, through a frequency auction of 1,4GHz.

In this case, Surge, who won the 1.4 GHz frequency auction in Region I, together and OREX SAI, will offer home internet services with up to 100 Mbps, unlimited quota, flat rates of around IDR 100,000 per month.

Called the people's internet, this low-cost 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) internet service based on Open RAN is expected to cover the internet divide in Indonesia, especially in 3T areas including Maluku and Papua.